Top 15 Shocking Live TV Moments/transcript

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Number 15 Manila bus hostage crisis, On August 23rd 2010, former police officer Reynaldo Mendoza hijacked a tourist bus in Manila Philippines taking 25 people hostage 20 of whom were tourists Hong Kong stating he was unfairly fired and demanded a fair hearing on the manner in order to properly defend himself police surrounded the bus and negotiators made contact with Mendoza and knew stations covered the entire ten hour standoff at around 7:20p.m. negotiations broke down after Mendoza witnessed his brother's arrest broadcast live on television and Mendoza fired warning shots in the air then demanded his brother to be released from custody the bus driver managed to escape during this and mistakenly told police the other hostages were dead SWAT immediately stormed the bus beginning a 90-minute gun battle as they attempted to enter the bus but with little success in the end Mendoza and eight hostages were dead with a further nine suffering injuries viewers at home witnessed the gun battle worldwide as new stations continued to focus their cameras at the carnage both Philippine and Hong Kong authorities held a joint investigation to determine the reason why Mendoza targeted the bus but so far nothing has been determined the police raid caused controversy in the Philippines and abroad due to botched efforts to end the situation quickly and effectively resulting in an overhaul of the police force and dismissals of high-ranking officials.

number 14 the death of Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt was a well-known NASCAR driver and had partaken in 776 races during his 27 year career on February 18 2001 Earnhardt was a contender in the Daytona 500 race alongwith his son Dale jr. the race had gone relatively smoothly until the final lap when Earnhardt accidentally clipped the car of Ken Schrader sending Earnhardt's car head nose first into the wall causing significant damage to the car both cars rolled into the infield section just as the race was wrapping up Schrader having suffered only minor injuries exited his car and rushed to check on Earnhardt Dale jr. immediately rushed to his father's car after finishing the race and found his father in critical condition from blunt force trauma Earnhardt was rushed to a nearby hospital but doctors were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at 5:16 p.m. Eastern time.

number 13 murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, sometimes even the smallest of news stories can spark unseen dangers in the early morning of August 26 2015 Virginia reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward were conducting an interview with Vicki Gardner an executive director of the Chamber of Commerce concerning the 50th anniversary celebration of Smith Mountain Lake during the interview the three were interrupted by several popping noises and the camera captured both Parker and Gardner jump scream and attempt to run before the camera fell to the ground and captured a man's leg slowly walking towards them as the popping sounds continued the station cut back to the stunned anchors who had no idea what just happened but promised the update viewers once they were given more information Parker, Ward and Garner had just been shot by a former coworker Vester Lee Flanagan the second who had been fired from WDBJ in February 2013 for volatile behavior tragically Parker and Ward died at the scene what Garner survived with a bullet wound to her back later that day a video surfaced on Facebook detailing what appeared to be a point I'd view of Flanagan shooting the three victims and he wrote on his Facebook page his motives were due to harassment from Parker and Ward as well as other staff due to Flannigan's homosexuality police eventually caught up to Flanagan and after a short chase he committed suicide.

number 12 Bradford City stadium fire, On May 11th 1985 fans gathered to Bradford Stadium in West Yorkshire UK to watch a game between Bradford City FC and Lincoln City FC. The game when is normal for the first 40 minutes with neither team having scored yet the game took an unexpected turn after sports commentator John helm noticed the entire block cheese section of the stadium was being evacuated by police he noted to viewers he could see a small fire underneath one of the rows and it began to grow larger and larger the game was immediately stopped after fans jumped onto the pitch to escape the blaze the fire spread rapidly largely due to the amount of garbage and papers on the ground spilled dried alcohol within two minutes theentire side of the stadium was on fire and panic people fled to the pitch while others cheered and chanted not realizing how catastrophic this situation was the heat was so intense people suffered burns from several meters away 56 people died in the fire and a further 265 were injured mostly from burns.

number 11 JetBlue flight 292 emergency landing, airline accidents are terrifying to think about but thankfully not all end in tragedy on September 21st 2005 JetBlue flight 292 was set to fly from Burbank California to New York City immediately after takeoff flight crew discovered they were unable to retract the landing gear which could potentially cause complications during flight the pilots flew towards Long Beach Airport and had the tower assess the situation from below after several attempts with no success the pilots decided to make an emergency landing and set a course for Los Angeles Airport and passengers on board the plane watched the situation from the flights televisions the plane finally came in for a descent at 6:30 p.m. just over three hours after takeoff as the plane touched down the faulty landing gear cause sparks to fly as the jet made its way down the runway fortunately the plane came to a full stop and an evacuation quickly began soon after on an even more positive note the landing was smooth and there no minor or major injuries the cause of the malfunction was a result of an o-ring failure preventing the landing gear to retract or steer regardless all 146 persons on board live without injury

number 10 the LA riots, on March 3rd 1991 video captured police allegedly assaulting Rodney King during a traffic stopafter a lengthy trial all officers involved were acquitted from any wrongdoing on April 29th 1992 sparking outrage amongst the Los Angeles community many believe the verdict was racially motivated and the officers were led off because they were Caucasian

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